Life moves so fast in the online, social media world that three and a half years, which is how long the LinkedIn Bloggers group has been going, seems a very long time indeed. To put that in perspective and according to the fascinating social media timeline produced by Danah M. Boyd and Nicole Ellison, it’s…
Promo alert. This post is about the new edition of a book I co-authored. And about gratitude. With Thanksgiving a few days from now, I’m feeling very grateful about the release, over the weekend just past, of the second edition of LinkedIn for Recruiting, “the roadmap for recruiters using LInkedIn”. I’m grateful especially to my…
I can remember a time not so long ago when LinkedIn executives and staff were really good about responding to questions and even criticism. Co-founder and sometime VP at LinkedIn Konstantin Guericke used to put an enormous effort into communicating with members on LinkedIn-related groups of which I’ve been a member, including the one of…
(Photograph: Spring Blossom by Steve Knight) It’s not actually Spring for me, it’s Autumn here, but for most of the people who read this blog it is Spring, traditionally a time to clean house. This post is about applying that thinking to updating our profiles on the social networking site LinkedIn. The thought was prompted…
LinkedIn, the online social networking service, now with over 5.5 million members, encourages users to help one another by providing “endorsements” – something like references. In a post today on my Thinking Home Business blog, On Moderation In Using and Seeking LinkedIn Endorsements, I point out some of the challenges with this system and an…